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In a vacuum, maybe. But, this still does virtually nothing to incentivize players for the regular season. Still more likely to shoot for 60 wins for the 1 seed overall rather than some cockamamie accomplishment. Basically another
Consolation prizes, especially ones added retrospectively, would be extremely cheap. Furthermore, the benefit would be marginal, if anything. What would the Bucks get out of saying they had the 1 seed this year? A lookup would see them losing to the 8 seed in 5. We had the 1 overall seed in 2022 and (infamously) lost in the second round. If that season didn't break the franchise win record, we'd have no reason to celebrate.
Unless you get something like the NFL playoffs where the top seed gets a first-round bye, probably won't ever count for anything. Or if they took the EPL thing they're trying to pull off to the extreme and suddenly did something crazy and unprecedented like abolishing the playoffs and giving the title to the team with the best end of season record. The top seed exists to qualify you for the playoffs and that's about it. If the Celtics finished with the 1 seed overall this year, but then lost in the conference finals, you're not having a reunion for that team in 20 years. It was nice...and then the next season happened.